Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES — Police are looking for three professional-looking thieves who tried to rob a business in Kinmount late yesterday afternoon. The OPP responded June 30 at 5 p.m. on County Road 121 for reports of an attempted robbery. The suspects fled the scene before police arrived. Preliminary investigation […]
GRAVENHURST — A mid-summer’s noon concert series returns to Trinity United Church here this week. The five concerts commence July 2 with an Orillia Silver Band ensemble, a collection of musicians comprised of members of the popular pre-eminent concert orchestra to the south. Under the direction of Neil Barlow, Muskoka’s leading conductor. Kylan Haffie, July […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — It’s almost all over … but for the many fireworks at dusk, which will wrap up another fun day in Canada. And Muskoka. Sunrise to sunset it’s been a colourful — red and white — celebration of who we are and what we stand up for . There were […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — An armed home invasion east of Huntsville early Canada Day led to the arrest of six people following a chases down Highway 11 — with additional suspects at large in a silver Honda CRV with an Ontario plate of CZFE 895. The OPP urges the public to remain vigilant […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — It’s going to be great day tomorrow. And not just because we turn 158 — but the weather will be more comfortable making all the events easier to enjoy. No matter what town, village, park or event you plan to attend it’s ‘Elbows Up! And time to break out […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Rotarians honoured a couple of very deserving community supporters with their major international honour Thursday. Mallory Silver and Jesse Grimes received Paul Harris award named in honour of the worldwide service club’s founder recognizing them for demonstrating Rotary’s principles of “Service Above Self.” The pins and certificate presentations were […]
MuskokaTODAY.com ARCHIVES Ed. note: Town archivist Jack Cline found this decades old piece in our files from former MuskokaTODAY.com owner/publisher, Hugh Clairmont, who celebrated the to oft-times unheralded work of Local Journalism scribes on the daily rural beat. It’s from a 1950 Toronto Star piece, among many clippings he kept on in a scrap book […]
GRAVENHURST — Police have made an arrest in a month-old assault that took place in a wooded area west of Muskoka Road South. They say today that the OPP and its Muskoka Crime Unit continue investigating the “serious assault” overnight on May 27. And that just before midnight officers, along with Muskoka EMS, responded to […]
GRAVENHURST — Carole King has “written some of the most beautiful music ever,” says Neil Barlow, a cornetist in the Gravenhurst Bifocals Concert Band. Like “It’s Too Late, Jazzman, You’ve Got A Friend” and “I Feel the Earth Move” … “under my feet.” You’ll feel your feet move, too, as you tap your toes along […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A dearth of attainable housing in the downtown here has taken a huge blow; but help may be on the way. A late March apartment fire is still affecting residential and business tenants at building at Muskoka Road and Winewood Avenue. Twenty apartments and four commercial units were vacated […]
BRIEFS & notes: Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Is it “unthinkable” Muskoka may burn up this summer? Not according to a startling front page “Toronto Star” story this week that sparked claims it conceivably could. “The idea of Muskoka disappearing in a conflagration … you just don’t want to go there…,” said John Vaillant, author of […]
GRAVENHURST — An all-day and overnight road closure here Tuesday left already re-routed traffic off Bay Street looking for alternative streets around the downtown. The Town of Gravenhurst closed multiple streets following after a transport clipped overhead wires early in the morning. Mary Street North was closed from Bay Street to Brown Street. And Hughson […]
OBITUARY: Aug. 26, 1956 ~ May 11, 2025 Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — They called us “The Bay Street Terrors” and “The Bay Street Beatles.” On a hot summer’s morn we were up early and stayed up late. Every day was the longest day of the year when Brian Whitehead, Dougie Barnes, Jeff Draper […]
HUNTSVILLE — Three impaired driving charges the past week show age makes no difference. Last Tuesday, June 17, at 10:49 p.m., the Huntsville OPP were conducting general patrol on Hanes Rd, when they observed a vehicle driving poorly. A traffic stop resulted in officers suspecting the driver to have alcohol in his body. As a result of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Emergency services here were able to track and find four people in two incidents in which they became lost on the weekend. Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department says that first, on Saturday June 21 at 4:05 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to assist three individuals who had become lost on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “When I’m 94 ….” You’d never believe it to hear the Elderberries Choir last night at the first of two weekend Journey concerts. After a week’s delay due to illnesses, like troopers the slightly diminished choir carried on like a good aged wine. So when Jack Cline shouted out […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Summer is the busiest season for firefighters here and they warn of the dangers given Ontario’s wildfire season has already begun On June 18, 2025, firefighters from the Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department responded to two separate fire-related incidents: one burn complaint and one uncontrolled burn. Crews from Station […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — There’s a good reason why Jack Hutton calls his annual piano fantastico Jack Hutton and Friends. Not just for the great musicians he brings, but for his “dear friends” and devoted fans show who show up annually to hear the endearing and always entertaining local artist. The concerts are […]
ORILLIA — A child who was showing signs of distress was rescued after being trapped in a hot vehicle here Wednesday morning. Thanks to the quick response of the Orillia Community Mobilization Unit (CMU) OPP officers who responded on June 18, 2025, at 10:48 a.m., the youngster was freed. As also happens with pets both […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two young drivers arrested for stunt driving face identical charges in police stops a week apart on Hwy. 60 after clocking in at almost exactly more than 50 km/h over the limit. On Sunday June 8, around 4:37 p.m., an officer was conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 60 when they observed a vehicle […]
